"Darkhorse" Garibaldi Imagineering billet fuel cell skeleton[MERGED]
Aug 26, 2004, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by EvoJimbo
why did the mods delete my post? It was not offensive in anyway.
Artist's work is worth more when they are deceased. All I said was christian's works are peices of art.
The forum police gotta calm down.
Artist's work is worth more when they are deceased. All I said was christian's works are peices of art.
The forum police gotta calm down.
No kidding. They have deleted mine too before. It's not like it's hard to start another website. I remember the forums when I had my 350Z. The mods started micromanaging and almost EVERYONE who was active went somewhere else. I like this site. I hope it doesn't get to that here.
Darkhorse, you truly are engineering your imagination into reality! post more pics of work you do! I am amazed!
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Aug 26, 2004, 07:05 PM
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I know, really. I am looking for a good bridge to jump off of 
Yes Jack, just a Bridgeport and a 15 inch engine lathe, and some raw aluminum, bar stock, stainless hardware, 4 sets of taps, boring bits, tool bits, cut off bits, 5 end mills, 2 gallons of lubricant and cutting fluids, about six days of time, a box of bandaids (I have a few cuts and blisters from the razor shap, hot chips landing on my arms OUCH!) not to mention the t shirts, and jeans and sox I basically ruined, or the countless chips of aluminum the not only blanketed the area around the mill by about 4 inches, but I was still picking out of my hair when I went to sleep at night after I took a shower
Yeah, a CNC would be great, but it doesnt make the job any easier , you still have to run a prototype, and then get the programming down. It just buys you repeatability. It loses something with the CNC, it becomes too mechanical.
If you look closely, you can see some mistakes and nicks I made on the peice, or the scribe lines that went a bit deep, but that lets you know that it was hand made, sort of like the hammer marks you woudl see and feel under the fenders of old handmade cars.
Yes Jack, just a Bridgeport and a 15 inch engine lathe, and some raw aluminum, bar stock, stainless hardware, 4 sets of taps, boring bits, tool bits, cut off bits, 5 end mills, 2 gallons of lubricant and cutting fluids, about six days of time, a box of bandaids (I have a few cuts and blisters from the razor shap, hot chips landing on my arms OUCH!) not to mention the t shirts, and jeans and sox I basically ruined, or the countless chips of aluminum the not only blanketed the area around the mill by about 4 inches, but I was still picking out of my hair when I went to sleep at night after I took a shower
Yeah, a CNC would be great, but it doesnt make the job any easier , you still have to run a prototype, and then get the programming down. It just buys you repeatability. It loses something with the CNC, it becomes too mechanical.
If you look closely, you can see some mistakes and nicks I made on the peice, or the scribe lines that went a bit deep, but that lets you know that it was hand made, sort of like the hammer marks you woudl see and feel under the fenders of old handmade cars.
Aug 26, 2004, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by metaphysical
That holds 12 gallons?
Aug 26, 2004, 07:58 PM
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Damn, I design stuff all the time, but never have the time to go through the fabrication process.. Impressive work.. I used to do ALOT of CNC stuff so It amazes me how someone can do it with a standard mill (and other misc tools)
Your absolutely right though, If you can do it on a CNC, you can generally do it by hand if you have the time and patience.. I'm impressed every time its done.. You definitely should take some of these pics and have them published in Machinists Monthly or the other machinist mag..
Your absolutely right though, If you can do it on a CNC, you can generally do it by hand if you have the time and patience.. I'm impressed every time its done.. You definitely should take some of these pics and have them published in Machinists Monthly or the other machinist mag..
Aug 26, 2004, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by MalibuJack
Damn, I design stuff all the time, but never have the time to go through the fabrication process.. Impressive work.. I used to do ALOT of CNC stuff so It amazes me how someone can do it with a standard mill (and other misc tools)
Your absolutely right though, If you can do it on a CNC, you can generally do it by hand if you have the time and patience.. I'm impressed every time its done.. You definitely should take some of these pics and have them published in Machinists Monthly or the other machinist mag..
Your absolutely right though, If you can do it on a CNC, you can generally do it by hand if you have the time and patience.. I'm impressed every time its done.. You definitely should take some of these pics and have them published in Machinists Monthly or the other machinist mag..
Aug 26, 2004, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by darkhorse
or....................... a small naked man who digs S&M if you can stuff his scrawny *** into the bars and get his head up through the hole
Nice work. I'm still wondering if I can afford to have you rework my cylinder head.
Aug 26, 2004, 08:42 PM
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darkhorse: did you make a battery tie down? if you've made one that fits the BR small battery kit i'd love to have one 
This is the battery:
http://buschurracing.com/EVO8_BatKit1_Large.jpg
This is the battery:
http://buschurracing.com/EVO8_BatKit1_Large.jpg
Aug 26, 2004, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ColinL
simply awesome, but weird. :
I also came about this close once or twice to unbolting it from the bed and throwing it up main street and just saying **** it.
But I guess it turned out pretty cool, I made it up as I went along, there is no blueprint for it, nor the battery tray for that matter, which is posted up here as well justchil.
Aug 26, 2004, 09:31 PM
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You are officially insane... but definitely a genius. I'm quite jealous you have the time and the means to do such work. I took a path a long time ago that doesn't allow me my own time anymore.
Damn fine work sir... I spent so much time admiring the work, that I have not even noticed whether it is "pretty" or not.
Damn fine work sir... I spent so much time admiring the work, that I have not even noticed whether it is "pretty" or not.